Military Attache Expelled

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Washington Post
May 8, 2008
Pg. 17

Russia has expelled a U.S. military officer attached to the U.S. Embassy here, according to American officials. Lt. Col. John Burbank, assistant U.S. Army attache, was ordered out of the country. "I can confirm that the individual in question has been asked to leave the country," State Department spokesman Tom Casey said Wednesday. "We object to this action but will comply with the Russian government's request."
Neither the State Department nor the Russian Foreign Ministry would discuss the reason for the expulsion.
-- Peter Finn
 
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